1990 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1990 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics.

Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes		AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG		W - L	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics †	317	0.809 (392)	14		489	119	159	28	61	65	97	60	0.325	0.439	0.577		Did not pitch
Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers	286	0.730 (392)	10		573	104	159	51	132	0	90	182	0.277	0.377	0.592		Did not pitch
Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox †	212	0.541 (392)	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		21 - 6	0	228.1	193	7	54	209	1.93
Kelly Gruber	Toronto Blue Jays	175	0.446 (392)	0		592	92	162	31	118	14	48	94	0.274	0.330	0.512		Did not pitch
Bobby Thigpen	Chicago White Sox	170	0.434 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 6	57	88.2	60	5	32	70	1.83
Dennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics †	112	0.286 (392)	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 2	48	73.1	41	2	4	73	0.61
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	60	0.153 (392)	0		544	82	179	14	87	9	56	63	0.329	0.387	0.515		Did not pitch
Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics †	56	0.143 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		22 - 11	0	267.0	226	16	83	166	2.56
Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics †	54	0.138 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		27 - 6	0	238.0	214	26	77	127	2.95
Fred McGriff	Toronto Blue Jays	30	0.077 (392)	0		557	91	167	35	88	5	94	108	0.300	0.400	0.530		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics †	29	0.074 (392)	0		523	87	123	39	108	2	110	116	0.235	0.370	0.489		Did not pitch
Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics †	26	0.066 (392)	0		481	83	132	37	101	19	72	158	0.274	0.371	0.543		Did not pitch
Ellis Burks	Boston Red Sox †	25	0.064 (392)	0		588	89	174	21	89	9	48	82	0.296	0.349	0.486		Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers	22	0.056 (392)	0		598	72	191	14	89	3	40	59	0.319	0.361	0.468		Did not pitch
Carlton Fisk	Chicago White Sox	16	0.041 (392)	0		452	65	129	18	65	7	61	73	0.285	0.378	0.451		Did not pitch
Dave Parker	Milwaukee Brewers	11	0.028 (392)	0		610	71	176	21	92	4	41	102	0.289	0.330	0.451		Did not pitch
Ozzie Guillen	Chicago White Sox	10	0.026 (392)	0		516	61	144	1	58	13	26	37	0.279	0.312	0.341		Did not pitch
Jody Reed	Boston Red Sox †	9	0.023 (392)	0		598	70	173	5	51	4	75	65	0.289	0.371	0.390		Did not pitch
Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers	7	0.018 (392)	0		559	71	170	14	89	12	68	55	0.304	0.377	0.449		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	7	0.018 (392)	0		597	91	179	22	80	16	63	81	0.300	0.366	0.481		Did not pitch
Tony Pena	Boston Red Sox †	6	0.015 (392)	0		491	62	129	7	56	8	43	71	0.263	0.322	0.348		Did not pitch
Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox †	5	0.013 (392)	0		619	89	187	6	63	0	87	68	0.302	0.386	0.418		Did not pitch
Doug Jones	Cleveland Indians	3	0.008 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		5 - 5	43	84.1	66	5	22	55	2.56
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	2	0.005 (392)	0		600	78	150	21	84	3	82	66	0.250	0.341	0.415		Did not pitch
Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	1	0.003 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 6	0	208.2	179	11	64	125	2.93
Nolan Ryan	Texas Rangers	1	0.003 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		13 - 9	0	204.0	137	18	74	232	3.44

Preceded by 1989

Most Valuable Player Award National 1990

Succeeded by 1991